The next Los Angeles Printers Fair will be held Saturday, September 25, 2010 from 9 am to 5pm. The fair supports the non-profit International Printing Museum and its educational mission.

The fair is suitable for all ages. General admission is $5; $4 for students. Students, Educators, families, enthusiasts, collectors, typophiles, bibliophiles, graphic designers, artists and professionals will enjoy the varied demonstrations and array of vendors. Children are welcome but need to be accompanied by an adult at all times. Even if you’ve been to the Museum before, you’ll see new vendors and materials at the Fair.

ACTIVITIES RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE DAY INCLUDE:

• Letterpress “Swap Meet:” Don’t miss your chance to buy antique letterpress equipment and everything you need for your own print shop. Type-lovers, graphic designers, artists, printers and members of the public are welcome to ogle over hundreds of cases of type and thousands of pounds of equipment and presses.

• “The First Information Revolution: The Printed Book from Gutenberg to Franklin” To honor this year’s theme, “A Celebration of Paper and Print” we will have a guest collection of rare books. Don’t miss this one-day only exhibition in the Museum’s Gallery! Works include a Book of Hours [1471], Augustine: Civitate Dei [1489], Natali: Catalogus Sanctorum [1514], Angelus de Clavasio: Summa angelica [1519], Chaucer: Canterbury Tales [1561] and much more.

• Ask machinery expert Bill Berkuta and others all your press and equipment questions. Bill is in-demand all over the state, so take advantage of his live consultation at the Fair.

• General Gallery Tours – experience 500 years of printing history as our knowledgeable docents guide you through our collection. Letterpress demonstrations on various presses will be on-going throughout the day.

• Printmaking demonstrations in our back building on-going throughout the day in the back Book Arts Institute.

• “The 40’s Shop” – Travel back in time to experience a 40’s era working print shop. See Windmills, Ludlows, Linotypes, platen presses, proofing presses, a Miehle Vertical and our vast collection of wood and lead type. See slugs cast on our working Linotype operated by Luis Garcia.

• Sit down and enjoy reading in our Library with holdings on printing, papermaking, printmaking, typography and so much more.

• Purchase beautiful letterpress-printed pieces, artist books, gorgeous handmade and commercial paper/envelopes and more from one of our Vendors at the Fair.

• Drinks will be available for purchase.

VENDOR REGISTRATION IS STILL AVAILABLE HERE.

VOLUNTEERS: We need scores of Volunteers for the Fair before, during and afterwards. Volunteers will receive free admission. A Fair Volunteer meeting will be held Saturday, August 7th from 10-11:30am in the Museum’s Heritage Theater. Please RSVP for the meeting to fair@printmuseum.org.

FACEBOOK: The Fair is on Facebook; RSVP on the page today!

LAST YEAR’S FAIR: Check out the AIGA flickr photos from last year’s fair. 2009 Fair at www.laprintersfair.com.

For more information or comments regarding the 2010 Fair, contact the Fair Director Rachelle Chuang at fair@printmuseum.org.

The Page Show is traveling to L.A.!!
LA FORUM EVENTS @ WOODBURY HOLLYWOOD EXHIBITIONS
6518 HOLLYWOOD BLVD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90028
May 20-June 12, 2010
Opening May 20, 7-10pm
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1-5pm

***Photos from the Page Show here***

Download Announcement here.

February 1-March 12, 2010
Monday-Friday 12-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm
**Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 5:30pm**
The Page
Curated by Karin Lanzoni & Rachelle W. Chuang
For this survey exhibition, over thirty artists from a broad range of studio art practices were asked to submit one page (in the original or poster format) from their artists’ book to mount on the walls of the gallery. Accompanying original books or facsimiles will be on display for viewing in a unique reading area designed by several Los Angeles architects. Guest curators Rachelle W. Chuang and Karin Lanzoni selected these artists—painters, photographers,sculptors, graphic designers, printers, performance artists, and book artists—each employing distinctive artistic strategies and techniques.

Artists include:
Rheim Alkadhi
Michael Asher
Kim Beck
Stephen Berens
Sarah Bryant
David Bunn
Robin Cameron
Carolee Campbell
Macy Chadwick
Rebecca Chamlee
Colin Cook
Harrell Fletcher
Christine Forsythe
Dan Goodsell
Nancy Jo Haselbacher
Deborah Hede
Margaret Honda
David Horvitz
Steven Hull
Amos Kennedy
Mark Robert Lewis
Steve Miller
Susan Porteous
Sue Ann Robinson
Moira Roth and Slobodan Dan Paich
Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié
Robbin Ami Silverberg
Sumi Ink Club
Katie Lewis Underwood
Susan Viguers
Susan Weintz
Michelle Wilson
Jenny Yoshida

Reading Area Designed by Linda Chung and Daniel Herman
Chairs by:
Renee Dake Wilson and Brian Wilson (Dake Wilson Architects)
Tim Durfee
Pierpaolo Granata
Tom Marble (Marble Architecture)
Chris Puzio
Nathan Swift and Gloria Lee (Swift Lee Office)
Warren Techentin with Nima Payan and Machine Histories
f.l.u.f.f.
Chris Warren (WORD)

FAN OF HOPE
2009; Edition of 40
Letterpress and Inkjet on Neenah Eames Architecture 50# text
Configuration Variable. 12″ in diameter

THIS WAY | THAT WAY
2009; Edition of 40
Letterpress and Inkjet on Neenah Eames Architecture 50# text and other papers
Size closed: 5 1/4”h x 16 3/8”w x 2”d

Printmaking Open Studio
The Printmaking Studio consists of one Vandercook-4 proofing press, one poster sign press, and one 3.5 x 5 table top Kelsey. The studio is primarily set up for letterpress printing, but can also accommodate individuals interested in woodblock, monotype and sign printing. Letterpress inks are provided by the facility. The studio features a gallery for storing type, a dry rack for prints, and six cabinets of various wood and lead type. Open Studio users must have taken Intro to Letterpress class or equivalents, and must complete an orientation by the studio technician. Open Studio sessions are by reservation only. For more details or to reserve a session, call 949-724-6880.
Click here for a flyer on studio rental.

Classes are being offered with excellent instructors Colin Brown and Madeleine Zygarewicz and starting Summer 2010 by myself.

Click here for current classes.

HISTORY
The story behind the studio is that the press and half of the type originally belonged to the Biola University Art Department. I had been storing it in my parent’s garage (Peter and Gloria Woo) for several years while I desperately tried to move from Bethesda, MD to my beloved Orange County. We finally made it back by driving across the country in 2007 and have now settled in beautiful Aliso Viejo in a lovely town house. However, my tandem garage can’t fit my stuff (it has my papermaking studio in it currently + 2 cars) so I contacted Katy Metz and Jamie Russom of IFAC. With her visionary support along with the entire staff at IFAC, we’ve established perhaps the first and only publicly-accessible community Orange County letterpress studio outside of private and commercial presses, colleges and universities (please correct me if you know of others in OC). Jamie Russom added her tabletop Kelsey to the studio and IFAC purchased a large sign proofing press from the International Printing Museum. The studio held its first letterpress class in Fall 2008. Additional cabinets of type were donated in 2009.

Besides letterpress, the center offers classes in painting, jewelry, ceramics, photography, book arts, calligraphy and more. For more information about classes and rental rates for the letterpress studio, contact:
Irvine Fine Arts Center
14321 Yale Ave Irvine, CA 92604
(949) 724-6880